The Feminization of Fame 1750-1830

by Claire Brock

This book addresses the literary, cultural and historical questions surrounding the reconceptualization of fame between 1750-1830. It examines genres from history writing to literature, public and private memoirs to political treatises in English and in French in order to explore 'The age of personality's' obsession with instantaneous publicity.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1403989915
• ISBN13: 9781403989918
• Release Date: July 2006
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 242 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.7" x 8.8"